🇦🇪United Arab Emirates · UNGA 81 speech

Mr. President, My delegation would like to exercise the right of reply in response to the statement delivered by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Greater Tomb, the Lesser Tomb, and Abu Musa of the Arab Gulf are islands that are part of the UAE and are under Iranian occupation. We completely reject continued Iranian occupation of the three islands. Any attempt to paint this as an internal Iranian matter does not change the fact that this is an occupied land and should not be under Iran's sovereignty. This occupation runs counter to the UN Charter and international law. We continue to call upon Iran to abide by the UN Charter and international law, to resolve this matter through bilateral negotiations or through resorting to, uh, the ICJ. As for the statement delivered by the delegation of Sudan, speaking

On behalf of the Port Sudan Authority, which is a party to the conflict in Sudan, we completely reject the false and baseless accusations leveled at us. We emphasize that the UAE does not need to be given lessons and lectures from the representative of a criminal regime that is committing war crimes against its own people. a regime that should be held accountable for its crimes against the Sudanese people. The crisis and the tragedy being suffered by the civilians calls upon the international community to make their aspirations for peace and freedom and dignity the absolute priority. Their suffering should under no circumstance be subject to the narrow interests of the warring parties. Our delegation emphasizes that the parties to the conflict have full responsibility for their actions and the violations they've committed against civilians. No party can shirk its obligations or take any pretext as a justification to reject the efforts to reach a humanitarian truce. We have consistently condemned the atrocities committed against civilians and civilian infrastructure and those working in the humanitarian field. We emphasize the importance of all parties abiding the provisions of the international humanitarian law. We emphasize that perpetrators should be held accountable. Mr. President, the immediate priority is to reach an immediate and unconditional humanitarian truce that paves the way for a permanent ceasefire. The Quartet with the leadership of the US has called for this as well in order to ensure that humanitarian assistance is quickly provided unimpeded to those that need it without hindrance to efforts to establish peace. We also renew our call to expand the embargo to include all of Sudan, which limits the flow of weapons. And this is the direction in which all international efforts should be walking. As for the statements delivered by Sudan, we emphasize that Sudan has continued to exacerbate the suffering of its own people and has refused both a humanitarian truce and a ceasefire. International reports and international investigations are being supported by more and more evidence that proves internationally prohibited chemical weapons were used by the Sudanese regime in this conflict in a blatant violation of the international law and the complete prohibition on the use of chemical weapons this is a war crime against the Sudanese people Mr. President the Sudanese people alone have the right to determine the future of Sudan through a comprehensive and credible political process with an independent civilian leadership that is not connected to the parties to the conflict. This should lead to an independent civilian government that fulfills Sudan's aspirations to peace and prosperity. Thank you, Mr. President.